. during this time the ad ##f had no military units on operational deployment outside australia . however , in 1987 the ad ##f made its first operational deployment as part of operation morris dance , in which several warships and a rifle company deployed to the waters off fiji in response to the 1987 fiji ##an coup ##s d ' etat . while broadly successful , this deployment highlighted the need for the ad ##f to improve its capability to rapidly respond to un ##for ##ese ##en events . during this period australia continued to retain forces in malaysia as part of the five power defence arrangements ( f ##pd ##a ) agreed in 1971 to defend it in the event of external attack , with this
. during this time the adf had no military units on operational deployment outside australia. however, in 1987 the adf made its first operational deployment as part of operation morris dance, in which several warships and a rifle company deployed to the waters off fiji in response to the 1987 fijian coups d'etat. while broadly successful, this deployment highlighted the need for the adf to improve its capability to rapidly respond to unforeseen events. during this period australia continued to retain forces in malaysia as part of the five power defence arrangements ( fpda ) agreed in 1971 to defend it in the event of external attack, with this